Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. ~Suze Orman
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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The movies that work are the ones in which somebody very smart figured out how to take all the thematic material, all the character material, all the filigree, all the beautiful writing, and put it into a story. ~Scott Rudin
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am having a good time doing nothing. ~Phylicia Rashad
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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